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    It is not the case that If existence is not a genuine attribute, then identifying God with his existence is a category error, not a metaphysical achievement.

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    • 1.Even non-attributes can ground meaningful identities; 'water is H2O' is illuminating despite H2O not being a separable property of water.
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    • 2.God's identity with existence could be metaphysically informative about divine simplicity, even if existence isn't a genuine attribute.
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    • 3.Category errors require confusion between distinct logical types; identifying God with existence need not conflate different categories.
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    • 1.Attributes are properties that can be distinguished from their subject; existence cannot be separated from or compared to God's essence.
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    • 2.Predication requires a meaningful distinction between subject and property; 'God exists' does not assert a property God might lack.
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    • 3.Category errors occur when we apply predicates incorrectly; treating existence as an attribute commits precisely this logical mistake.
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